Writing Table with a bank of drawers (Scrivania con alzata)
furniture maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1700
Place MadeCentral Italy, Italy, Europe
MediumWalnut with bronze fittings
Dimensions105 x 164.5 x 81.5 cm (41 5/16 x 64 3/4 x 32 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF19e27
eMuseum ID728280
EmbARK ObjectID12953
TMS Source ID1994
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 155. (in the style of the 17th century, made of new and old pieces)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 178-79, no. 67.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 178-79, no. 67.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Gaetano Pepe, Naples on 26 October 1906 for 197 lire or 395 lire, the other being F19e15.
Unknown
late 17th century - early 18th century
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